Woooow. I just ran into this old video of Stu's. What an inspiration. 10 years later, he is totally a success. He still keeps using sometimes old fashioned boards, which I love. Stu does not know me, but has helped me a lot improving my Uke playing and i really appreciate that he is very "Zen" in his approach to music and the Uke. He's right in this video he"s got a whole lot to share. I recently enrolled in his Patreon at the $10 level. TOTALLY recommend it if you want to up your music game in an organic, sweet, yet technical way. Go Fuchs Family!
Thank you, Stu, for clave insights. This lesson is so special, connecting with complex Cuban /African styles which informs so many popular songs like those of Sam Cooke and Bo Diddley. As I have intimated in other comments on this soulful channel, the breadth of ukulele zen is breathtaking!
Stuart Fuchs : you are such a CUTIE PIE ( love the hair) and I never tell guys that.....anyway...thanks for teaching me that four finger roll off the strings for flamingo playing. I really had a difficult time getting the hang of doing that, but since I've view your video now I finally got it Thanks !
Well, I'm sure you're a cutey pie yourself too. C'mon, you've got a Koala Bear as your icon! Are you from down under/OZ? Hope to visit there someday w Uke, guitar & sandals. I'm very glad you like the videos--more are coming I promise! Not to be weird, but if you dig the lessons, you'll love my CD :-) www.cdbaby.com/cd/stuartfuchs All the best, Stu
Yes well the Koala Bear was me in a former life....heehee. I'll check out your website for price on the CD. One thing....in your next coming CD and I'm sure your gonna create one would you please take photo shots of fingering or Pause/ freeze frame the lesson showing fingering position. Why? because when I'm seating with my Uku following along your fingers are moving a ilttle fast for us beginners to see and keep up with so if you freeze your close up fingering shot i'll catch on faster. thxs
I'm so glad you find the videos helpful...I strive to make even complex musical concepts easily understood by anyone. Like anything - it just takes some time. Practice = repetition w love.
You are a born teacher! This instructional is excellent, and you are helping me to get to the next level of ukulele playing. I'm from Buffalo, NY and hope to meet you soon.
Good video...The way I learned the "Diddly Beat" as a young guitar student was the infamous 'secret knock' everyone knows as 'shave & a haircut, 2 bits'. I'm 74 and still use it. I picked up the uke cuz it is the instrument of choice for my Grandchildren. I never paid any attention to uke's but have found they have become an addiction. I really like your channel and visit it often for guidance and knowledge. My biggest obstacle being my brain thinks in guitar chords & have relied on relearning my scales on the uke and play along this way. I have developed an obsession of buying ukes, I find they are very affordable and vary in style, quality and usefulness. I also find that strumming instructions seem to be stuck in the dark ages of rubbing tummy's & patting heads. You do a good job at it. I just play it like I hear it and it comes out fine but I have been playing since I was a young teen. I rarely seem to have strumming issues unless I try to explain it to someone else. Thanks for being a fun, informative and understanding teacher. I like the tunes you chose for us students. Much more hip than most of the other channels I've found. Thank You...Master.
thank you for all the good advice, to improve not only to play but to discover all the subtilities ofmusix. . you do reallya good job, i enjoy your videos ,. you really motivate me,you are fun, dynamic. you enhance curiosity, you don't stay in old same pattern.you weden the field of technique . I am really a fanof you
Thanks SO much for your kind comment. This was one of my first lessons...I have new ones coming out each week. It's wonderful to expand our rhythm choices for sure! Play on Régine!
Thanks Vicki...SO glad you're getting something from these lessons. It's for good folks like you that I make these videos. More goodies to come from this channel (hope you'll subscribe & hit the notification bell :) PLAY ON!
thanks for this lesson and the other lessons,, being 55 and trying to learn play my first instrument. u make it easy for me and I'm also teaching my grandson from this lessons, also his first instrument.. do u have some easy finger picking exercises.. thanks again
Interesting - looking for one of your Ukeabilly videos & found this; fascinating to see the changes you've made in production over the years & niftier ways of explaining things in the newest ones (still the same relaxed teaching style). Jeanette
the 2nd uku video of yours that i' e seen. (I've seen many other uku-teaching videos from others- just see but can't follow) Yours is the most realistic and practicable one. Easy to understand and to follow. Thanks!!
Thanks for taking the tme to let me know how you feel...I'm very happy you are getting something out of the videos. I do strive to teach the "real stuff" and not dumb it down--and I also strive to make them clear. Subscribe for more vids...I'll be making more very soon actually :-) All the best, Stu
I'm becoming a Stu stalker, it seems! Another great lesson. Can't believe how much my strumming has improved after watching only two of your vids. You're a sweetie!
Stuart -- I do a blog for the baritone ukulele and I stumbled across your lessons videos. I enjoyed your style of making it clear from the beginning and bringing the viewer along in steps. Rhythm is such a universal subject for all instrument players and I am going to post some of your videos on "Humble Baritonics." Thanks for making a quality video. Low tech can be cool too! Jeff
Wow, i must admit, im not patient watching tutorials like this, but with your style made me finish it till the end! That was one awesome tutorial, Stu!
I did not know that was called scratching! I am totally in agreement with the way you teach rhythm. I took an african drumming class a few years ago. VERY helpful to a strummer. Another good lesson-
Nice job! Low tech but beautifully gets the craft across. You may get more views if you include "Bo diddly beat" in the description. That's what old school rock n roll calls it!
+Craig Green Thanks for the suggestion Craig - I'll rename the video now. This was one of the first videos I ever made...on an old flip cam that didn't last very long...good times! ;)
Hi Stu. Love your clave work & the scratch pattern. I use both wherever applicable e.g. on Chan Chan by Buena Vista Social Club? Thank you for all your offerings.
Thanks for the suggestion & thanks for watching David. I LOVE that album & all the releases that followed (Ruben Gonzales, Eliades, Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, etc...). I'll look into this & see what I can put together that would work on uke. It would be a nice syncopated strum...play on, Stu
It's a three chord jam...try this: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/s/sam_cooke/aint_that_good_news_crd.htm You can of course use D7 for the D chord...always listen to the recorded version first - more fun to learn that way... ;)
Sure thing Sarah - I'll make a video next week about blues licks in E...great key for guitar...trickier on ukulele! Subscribe to my channel to know when the video posts...thanks, Stu
Ok thanks I play in a band where we play the blues in E on some songs and I couldn't seem to find any one who does licks in E on the ukuele on line.But know you would know how to as a you seem like you are really know what you are talking about when it comes to playing the uke!
I'll make the video soon...happy to do it. I've been playing guitar since I was a boy...deepens the ukulele thing I suppose. My teachers of classical guitar took me deep into listening& how to practice. Cool blues licks & concepts for uke in the key of E are on the way!
I can,t do this clapping / counting I am all over the place. anyone else struggling? I can do the strum but when I try and copy Stu I go way out. arrrggggh
Nice lesson Stuart, but dont count 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, like at the beginning of the Video, for Beginners its better to start similar accurate, like //:1 - -2U - - 4 - /(1) - 2 - 3 - - -://, and try to have ONE and THREE on your Feet, course its important not to loose that easy accent or it didnt groove (Sorry, not you, Stuart, I see, you know it all very well, better than me). For History = The CLAVE is the basic-rhythm of all Latin Music, like SALSA, CHACHACHA, Bolero, Bossa Nova, etc, SAMBA is a little bit different and by the way SALSA plays mostly a 2/3 CLAVE, but always over ONE and THREE (Cowbell), thats make the groove, thats what you need to feel, if you want play or dance "free" to that kind of music. Dont misinterpret me Stuart, I like your music very well, more than my own music.
Woooow. I just ran into this old video of Stu's. What an inspiration. 10 years later, he is totally a success. He still keeps using sometimes old fashioned boards, which I love. Stu does not know me, but has helped me a lot improving my Uke playing and i really appreciate that he is very "Zen" in his approach to music and the Uke. He's right in this video he"s got a whole lot to share. I recently enrolled in his Patreon at the $10 level. TOTALLY recommend it if you want to up your music game in an organic, sweet, yet technical way. Go Fuchs Family!
Thank you, Stu, for clave insights. This lesson is so special, connecting with complex Cuban /African styles which informs so many popular songs like those of Sam Cooke and Bo Diddley. As I have intimated in other comments on this soulful channel, the breadth of ukulele zen is breathtaking!
I loved how you showed us a strum pattern and then applied it to a classic Sam Cooke song. You're an amazing musician and teacher!
Stuart Fuchs : you are such a CUTIE PIE ( love the hair) and I never tell guys that.....anyway...thanks for teaching me that four finger roll off the strings for flamingo playing. I really had a difficult time getting the hang of doing that, but since I've view your video now I finally got it Thanks !
Well, I'm sure you're a cutey pie yourself too. C'mon, you've got a Koala Bear as your icon! Are you from down under/OZ? Hope to visit there someday w Uke, guitar & sandals. I'm very glad you like the videos--more are coming I promise! Not to be weird, but if you dig the lessons, you'll love my CD :-) www.cdbaby.com/cd/stuartfuchs All the best, Stu
Yes well the Koala Bear was me in a former life....heehee. I'll check out your website for price on the CD. One thing....in your next coming CD and I'm sure your gonna create one would you please take photo shots of fingering or Pause/ freeze frame the lesson showing fingering position. Why? because when I'm seating with my Uku following along your fingers are moving a ilttle fast for us beginners to see and keep up with so if you freeze your close up fingering shot i'll catch on faster. thxs
I'm so glad you find the videos helpful...I strive to make even complex musical concepts easily understood by anyone. Like anything - it just takes some time. Practice = repetition w love.
With the pattern it is clear, old-fashioned representations are highly appreciated✌️thanks☺️
Nice!! Pen & paper is high technology for me 😉 The action if writing things down is an ancient & powerful practice!
You are a born teacher! This instructional is excellent, and you are helping me to get to the next level of ukulele playing. I'm from Buffalo, NY and hope to meet you soon.
i love the fairy dust sparkles when you put up your "brand new website" - and the lesson too! now for the longer newer version
An awesome lesson as expected from the amazing Stukulele. More please! :D
so relaxing to listen to your teaching style. it flows and builds so logically and easily
+Craig Bennett Thanks for your feedback Craig...I'm glad you found the lesson helpful & well structured :) More videos to come...Happy playing, Stu
Thanks Stuart, very easy to understand and follow. now to practice , practice.
Good video...The way I learned the "Diddly Beat" as a young guitar student was the infamous 'secret knock' everyone knows as 'shave & a haircut, 2 bits'. I'm 74 and still use it. I picked up the uke cuz it is the instrument of choice for my Grandchildren. I never paid any attention to uke's but have found they have become an addiction. I really like your channel and visit it often for guidance and knowledge. My biggest obstacle being my brain thinks in guitar chords & have relied on relearning my scales on the uke and play along this way. I have developed an obsession of buying ukes, I find they are very affordable and vary in style, quality and usefulness. I also find that strumming instructions seem to be stuck in the dark ages of rubbing tummy's & patting heads. You do a good job at it. I just play it like I hear it and it comes out fine but I have been playing since I was a young teen. I rarely seem to have strumming issues unless I try to explain it to someone else. Thanks for being a fun, informative and understanding teacher. I like the tunes you chose for us students. Much more hip than most of the other channels I've found. Thank You...Master.
thank you for all the good advice, to improve not only to play but to discover all the subtilities ofmusix. . you do reallya good job, i enjoy your videos ,. you really motivate me,you are fun, dynamic. you enhance curiosity, you don't stay in old same pattern.you weden the field of technique . I am really a fanof you
Thanks SO much for your kind comment. This was one of my first lessons...I have new ones coming out each week. It's wonderful to expand our rhythm choices for sure! Play on Régine!
Hi Stu!
Thanks so much! Rick and I enjoyed the lesson. We were strumming away at home tonight. :)
Talk soon.
Kori
Thank you for these terrific lessons! You've just kicked it up a notch for me! You're a fabulous teacher!
Thanks Vicki...SO glad you're getting something from these lessons. It's for good folks like you that I make these videos. More goodies to come from this channel (hope you'll subscribe & hit the notification bell :) PLAY ON!
thanks for this lesson and the other lessons,, being 55 and trying to learn play my first instrument. u make it easy for me and I'm also teaching my grandson from this lessons, also his first instrument.. do u have some easy finger picking exercises.. thanks again
Nice! Enjoy the journey of music! I'll be making some finger style videos someday...
Great lesson... Thank You..
You are welcome! Enjoy playing & please subscribe for more videos from this channel 😊🎶
Interesting - looking for one of your Ukeabilly videos & found this; fascinating to see the changes you've made in production over the years & niftier ways of explaining things in the newest ones (still the same relaxed teaching style). Jeanette
Thanks Jeanette...this olde tyme video takes me back!! :-)
Simple lesson but very powerful. Thanks.
I'm watching this in 2016. thanks a lot for making these lessons! I'm learning quite a lot from your videos!
Thanks for watching! Great channel name, by the way :)
the 2nd uku video of yours that i' e seen. (I've seen many other uku-teaching videos from others- just see but can't follow)
Yours is the most realistic and practicable one. Easy to understand and to follow. Thanks!!
Thanks for taking the tme to let me know how you feel...I'm very happy you are getting something out of the videos. I do strive to teach the "real stuff" and not dumb it down--and I also strive to make them clear. Subscribe for more vids...I'll be making more very soon actually :-) All the best, Stu
I like that Bo Diddley rhythm.
It’s a good groove!! Thanks for watching!
Stuart, I love you! Thank you!!!
Great strum and good lesson
Cheers Marshall!
Loved the detailed explanation, thanks!
Thanks for watching Desiree :) All the best - happy playing, Stu
you're so good, thank you!
I'm becoming a Stu stalker, it seems! Another great lesson. Can't believe how much my strumming has improved after watching only two of your vids. You're a sweetie!
You are an amazing teacher! Haha helped me so much!
Thats so much for watching Virginia! More videos are coming soon :) Happy Playing, Stu
Stuart -- I do a blog for the baritone ukulele and I stumbled across your lessons videos. I enjoyed your style of making it clear from the beginning and bringing the viewer along in steps. Rhythm is such a universal subject for all instrument players and I am going to post some of your videos on "Humble Baritonics." Thanks for making a quality video. Low tech can be cool too! Jeff
Thanks Jeff! I appreciate the share. Happy playing & feel free to use any of my other videos too if they are helpful. Peace, Stu
Wow, i must admit, im not patient watching tutorials like this, but with your style made me finish it till the end! That was one awesome tutorial, Stu!
I did not know that was called scratching! I am totally in agreement with the way you teach rhythm. I took an african drumming class a few years ago. VERY helpful to a strummer. Another good lesson-
Cheers brother!
Going to write a song with clave right now!! Thanks for a great lesson Stuky (I learned clave by saying hot chocolate whip cream)
Sweet! I like your method ;-) A mi me gust much! Buenas viajes, mi hermana!
So that is where "Faith" by George Michael was based on. I learned something new again. Thanks.
edgar zafra And a million other songs. I Want Candy. Buddy Holly, Not Fade Away. Classic rhythm.
Nice job! Low tech but beautifully gets the craft across. You may get more views if you include "Bo diddly beat" in the description. That's what old school rock n roll calls it!
+Craig Green Thanks for the suggestion Craig - I'll rename the video now. This was one of the first videos I ever made...on an old flip cam that didn't last very long...good times! ;)
+Ukulele Zen (Stuart Fuchs) Great, but you misspelled Diddly!
+Craig Green I have peanut butter in my mouth! ;) Thanks.
Hi Stu. Love your clave work & the scratch pattern. I use both wherever applicable e.g. on Chan Chan by Buena Vista Social Club? Thank you for all your offerings.
Thanks for the suggestion & thanks for watching David. I LOVE that album & all the releases that followed (Ruben Gonzales, Eliades, Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, etc...). I'll look into this & see what I can put together that would work on uke. It would be a nice syncopated strum...play on, Stu
Where would I find the ukulele chords to Sam Cooke's "Ain't That Good News"?Cheers Don
It's a three chord jam...try this: tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/s/sam_cooke/aint_that_good_news_crd.htm You can of course use D7 for the D chord...always listen to the recorded version first - more fun to learn that way... ;)
Hi Stew
I would like to learn lots of blues licks in E on the ukuele can you help please?
Sarah
Sure thing Sarah - I'll make a video next week about blues licks in E...great key for guitar...trickier on ukulele! Subscribe to my channel to know when the video posts...thanks, Stu
Ok thanks I play in a band where we play the blues in E on some songs and I couldn't seem to find any one who does licks in E on the ukuele on line.But know you would know how to as a you seem like you are really know what you are talking about when it comes to playing the uke!
I'll make the video soon...happy to do it. I've been playing guitar since I was a boy...deepens the ukulele thing I suppose. My teachers of classical guitar took me deep into listening& how to practice. Cool blues licks & concepts for uke in the key of E are on the way!
Wait uncle stu do you mean like show you an the notes in the video
Ps I learned the song crazy train on the piano
I can,t do this clapping / counting I am all over the place. anyone else struggling? I can do the strum but when I try and copy Stu I go way out. arrrggggh
Nice lesson Stuart, but dont count 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, like at the beginning of the Video, for Beginners its better to start similar accurate, like //:1 - -2U - - 4 - /(1) - 2 - 3 - - -://, and try to have ONE and THREE on your Feet, course its important not to loose that easy accent or it didnt groove (Sorry, not you, Stuart, I see, you know it all very well, better than me). For History = The CLAVE is the basic-rhythm of all Latin Music, like SALSA, CHACHACHA, Bolero, Bossa Nova, etc, SAMBA is a little bit different and by the way SALSA plays mostly a 2/3 CLAVE, but always over ONE and THREE (Cowbell), thats make the groove, thats what you need to feel, if you want play or dance "free" to that kind of music. Dont misinterpret me Stuart, I like your music very well, more than my own music.
Thanks Babi! Good perspective...
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